The Museo Balear de Ciencias Naturales
The Museo Balear de Ciencias Naturales is based in Sóller. You should make your way there, one day. Yesterday, I wanted to pass by there, on my mad island hopping […]
24 Hours in the Life of an Island
(near Felanitx, at 00:40:23) Twenty-eight years ago today, I orchestrated an exciting photo event in Los Angeles, California, in collaboration with one Red Saunders. Together, we edited the book that […]
A Country at a Standstill?
Today’s motto will be 29-M Huelga General. A nationwide General Strike is scheduled for Spain for today, March 29th. Beware. 445 flights have been cancelled so far, between Iberia and […]
Delightful Pear Trees in Bloom
I sometimes wonder whether I like the first Mallorcan Springtime better than the second one, or the other way round. The first Primavera would be in January/February with half the […]
The Apollo Lunar Module in Costitx
The Observatori Astronòmic de Mallorca (OAM) in Costitx has a new attraction, an Apollo Lunar Module replica. The Lunar Module was the landing portion of the Apollo spacecraft. The astronomic centre, […]
Lavender Hill
The bounteous lavender plant (Latin: Lavandula) is a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. In Southern Spain and here in Mallorca the plant grows […]
The Fundación Bartolomé March
In Palma, there are two institutions called Fundación March. The first one is the Museu Fundación Juan March, set up by Juan March Ordinas, the contrabandista and later founder of Banca March, […]
The Oyster Bar Bonanza
I recently told you about the malaise of Mallorca’s fish trade. For the last two or three years, you may have noticed Se Vende signs put up at an increasing […]
The Cort de Palma
The Cort in Palma was initially the court or residence of the town elders. Now, the Cort is the seat of the municipal Ajuntament (Town Hall). The building in Plaça Cort […]
Village Life
I am in the middle of reading a fascinating book, Tuning up at Dawn by Tomás Graves, the youngest son of Robert Graves. I am captivated by the book as […]
The Morgan Plus 8
When I spotted this beautiful Morgan Plus 8 on Palma’s Via de Cintura last Thursday, the Rally Clásico Isla Mallorca had just commenced. Even though this Roadster is a vintage […]
The Barraca de Curucull
Quite by chance, I discovered a rather appealing Barraca de Curucull the other day, a dry-stone built shepherd’s hut, somewhere near S’Amarador and Santanyí. Some of these old huts go back as […]
The Mallorcan Fishing Fleet
Fishing in Mallorca is on a decline, along with everything else but All Inclusive hotel holidays. The almond industry is on its knees, the shoe and leather industry stand with […]
The Jaia Corema
The Jaia Quaresma is the traditional symbol of Lent in Mallorca in the time leading up to Easter. The Jaia Quaresma is also known as Vella Cuaresma or Jaia Corema, depending […]
A Night at the Hospital
I celebrated my birthday yesterday evening at the hospital. There was an emergency with a visiting friend, who was suddenly in great pain. Since he was home alone at the […]
The Maurish Years
Often, language is discriminatory, derogatory, disrespectful, sometimes outright sexist. Normally, we don’t notice such offending subtleties unless we ourselves are the victims of such linguistic malpractices. My female readers will […]
The Mallorca Photo Blog 